JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A grand jury should review operations at an Oklahoma sheriff’s office that sent onto the streets a 73-year-old...
ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Exotic dancers hired as admissions counselors. Recruiters told to seek out “impatient” individuals who have “few people in their...
(Slate) – Image recognition software is still in its infancy. Sometimes that means it’s a little silly, as when Wolfram Alpha’s algorithms confuses cats with...
(Politico) – A day after President Barack Obama signed a key trade bill, his administration publicly stated its objection to a provision of the measure...
(New York Times) – So far, so good for Lester Holt and NBC. Mr. Holt won in total viewers in his first week as the...
(New York Times) – Misty Copeland was fast becoming the most famous ballerina in the United States — making the cover of Time magazine, being...
(The Washington Post) – For many Americans, the Confederate battle flag is an unmistakable symbol of slavery and oppression. But for Karen Cooper, a black...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press GREELEYVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Preliminary indications suggest arson was not the cause of a fire that destroyed a...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As students slip into their summer vacations, it’s up to families to make sure they don’t slip...
DETROIT (NNPA) – Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of the Washington Informer, has been elected chair of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a federation of more than 200...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist “It is time to move the flag from the capitol grounds.” With those words, South Carolina Gov. Nikki...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times This week, it was as though we were reliving Sept. 15, 1963,...
by Rev. Manson B. Johnson Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Matthew 16:19-21 Bible Fact: Jesus expects all of His disciples to demonstrate the...
by Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times “I want to congratulate all the men out there who are working diligently...
(TechCrunch) – The European Union has agreed a preliminary deal to scrap mobile roaming charges across the region by June 2017. The European Parliament previously...
(Entrepreneur) – Local search engine optimization isn’t just about local mom-and-pop shops anymore. Practically any business can take advantage of local SEO’s benefits. Since Google’s fan-named...
(Christian Science Monitor) – Monday marks the eighth anniversary of the iPhone. On June 29, 2007, queues formed outside Apple stores – long lines of loyalists that...
(CBS) – Is sugar responsible for numerous deaths around the world? Researchers at Tufts University say the answer is yes. According to their research, an estimated 184,000 deaths...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Many stroke patients have a new treatment option — if they seek help fast enough to get it. New guidelines...
(Times Gazette) – A new statement released recently urges people to “drink when thirsty” while performing physical exercises. Although it is essential to stay hydrated while...
JULIA HOROWITZ, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday sent the governor a contentious bill that would impose one of the strictest school...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Export-Import Bank expires Tuesday at midnight for the first time since the small federal agency was created during...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is handing off some its digital advertising business to AOL and selling its street-image mapping operation...
(BBC) – South Sudan’s army and allied militias “abducted, torched and gang-raped girls” during fighting against rebel forces, a UN report says. Investigators found that at...
(BBC) – A new opinion poll suggests that 87% of people in Nigeria support the legal ban on same-sex relations. That number is lower than five...
